| Mar 1 |
Cease-fire terms
negotiated in Safwan, Iraq |
| Mar 1 |
82nd
Airborne Division units secure Tallil Air Base, Iraq, without major incident
|
| Mar 2 |
U.S. Army medical
personnel diagnosed Private First Class David A. Fisher as having been exposed to liquid
mustard chemical warfare agent while exploring enemy bunkers along the Kuwait-Iraq border
|
| Mar 6 |
9th Chemical
Detachment conduct biological weapons sampling and testing operations at the An Nasiriyah
Southwest Ammunition Storage Point
|
| Mar 10 |
Soldiers destroyed
approximately 40 additional ammunition bunkers and 45 warehouses. In an open-air location
outside the Khamisiyah Ammunition Supply Point now known as "the Pit," soldiers
also set charges to approximately 1,250 rockets, many of which UNSCOM later found had
contained chemical warfare agent
|
| Mar 12 |
U.S. Marine corporal
at Kibrit, Saudi Arabia, developed blisters on his right forearm
|
| Mar 12 |
Team of specialists
from the 2d Marine Division inspect area that came to be known as "the cement
factory" for suspected storage of chemical weapons; within a half-mile of the cement
factory’s buildings the team receives an alert for chemical warfare agents
|
| Mar 13 |
Award of the Southwest Asia Service medal is
authorized
|
| Mar l7 |
DoD announces first troop redeployment home:
the 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
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